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My grandpa was a charter member of the (now defunct) Big Tupper ski patrol. He was born and raised in New York State's Adirondack Mountains and lived his entire life in the great outdoors. Back in the 60s he taught me to ski (at a very young age) and I've been on the slopes (and traipsing around in snowshoes) ever since.

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Q: Did you know that the Winter Olympics have been held in New York two times?A: Yup! 1932 and 1980 - both in Lake Placid.

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So, it is a natural that I am on the mailing list for promotional information from Gore Mountain, a New York State-owned ski area that is a couple of hours from my home.

Interestingly, just after I swipedJim Hisert's idea of posting a TOP 10 LIST of things to do at Semicon West 2008, I received a B2C email from a gal named Em from Gore Mountain. Em totally gets it - and schooled me with her great work.

In my B2B effort, I gave away all Top 10 reasons and called it a day. You (the reader) read it and called it a day, as well. Kind of lame on my part.

Em showed me how it's done by including in her newsletter her TOP 9 LIST (an excerpt of the letter is here):

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Em's Top 9 Reasons for Loving HerÑ‚Gore Mountain Season Pass. The best reply with reason number 10 wins the hot new Burnt Ridge hat (now on sale when you pick up your pass!):

1) It's the quickest way to grab the fresh pow- or the clean corduroy. I'm direct to the lift every time.

2) No need to worry if I can't put in a full day, I can ski a few runs on my own schedule.

3) Let's face it. Having a season pass is cool. Status, you know? Especially featuringmy great mug shot...yeah right.